Vocab Flashcards
Map
A repuctiontation usually on a flat surface on the whole or part of an area
Mountains
High rough hard areas
Plains
Low and flat areas
Cardinal directions
North,south,east,west
Intermediat directions
Northeast,northwest,southeast,southwest
Globe
A spherical representation of earth
Sphere
A 3 dimensional shape the shape of earth
Continents
Africa,Asia,north America,South America,Australia,anartica,Europe
Oceans
Southern,pacific,Atlantic,arctic,Indian,
Equator
The imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and Southern Hemispheres
Prime meridian
The imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres
Hemisphere
Half of a sheer the earth has 4 of them
Distort
To twist or turn out of original size or shape
Rotation
One complete on an axis the earth does this once in 24 hours
Revolution
The spinning of the earth around the sun takes 1 year to complete